While I agree, this is not what OP's comment was about. He makes it sound like Apple is forced to write a decryption tool that exploits existing backdoors into

While I agree, this is not what OP's comment was about. He makes it sound like Apple is forced to write a decryption tool that exploits existing backdoors into the encrypted content. Highly ironically, the current "Error 53" hullabaloo is exactly about what happens once security it tightened to the extreme.